STACKING ??? HELP

>I DID SOME SIGNAL REPORTS IN TO EU ON 20MTRS. AND WAS NOT REAL HAPPY WITH
>THE FINDINGS. THE HIGH BEAM ALWAYS HAD A MIN. OF 1-2 S UNITS BETTER SIGNAL
>THAN
>THE TWO OF THE STACKED. SAME FINGINGS ON 15MTRS.
>
>NOW TWO OF THE GUY WIRES ARE CLOSE THE THE FRONT END OF THE LOW BEAM.
>THE GUYS ARE INSULATED FROM TOWER.
>
>ANY IDEAS? I HAVE NEVER STACKED BEFORE AND NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT BUT I
>DID EXPECT THE STACK TO HAVE A BETTER SIGNAL THAN THE HIGH BEAM.
You might have the antennas out of phase - I am not sure if you
have checked to make sure the connections are the same on
both antennas - and I dont think you can tell the poliarty
of the klm baluns - go up to the lower antenna and reverse the leads
from the balun to the driven element.
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George Fremin III
Austin, Texas C.K.U. "My theory is that if you can work everything
K5TR you can hear on 75, then obviously your're
512/416-7010 not hearing enough." -- John NT5C
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